Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 464
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Education (Flores) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 48 - 86
    4  and insert:
    5  for inclusion in the plan. In addition, any state university may
    6  request immediate termination of a dormitory residence contract
    7  based on a violation or multiple violations of rules of the
    8  residence hall or other university-held residences. In the event
    9  that sufficient housing is not available for all qualified
   10  beneficiaries, the board shall refund the purchaser or qualified
   11  beneficiary an amount equal to the fees charged for dormitory
   12  residence during that semester. If a qualified beneficiary is
   13  admitted to the state university and finds housing with a
   14  qualified nonprofit organization, as defined in subparagraph 2.,
   15  that is approved by the state university, the state university
   16  may transfer or cause to have transferred to the qualified
   17  nonprofit organization the fees associated with dormitory
   18  residence. If a qualified beneficiary fails to be admitted to a
   19  state university or chooses to attend a Florida College System
   20  institution that operates one or more dormitories or residency
   21  opportunities, or has one or more dormitories or residency
   22  opportunities operated by the Florida College System institution
   23  direct-support organization, the qualified beneficiary may
   24  transfer or cause to have transferred to the Florida College
   25  System institution, or Florida College System institution
   26  direct-support organization, the fees associated with dormitory
   27  residence. If a qualified beneficiary attends a Florida College
   28  System institution and finds housing with a qualified nonprofit
   29  organization, as defined in subparagraph 2., that is approved by
   30  the Florida College System institution, the Florida College
   31  System institution may transfer or cause to have transferred to
   32  the qualified nonprofit organization the fees associated with
   33  dormitory residence. Dormitory fees transferred to a the Florida
   34  College System institution, or Florida College System
   35  institution direct-support organization, or qualified nonprofit
   36  organization may not exceed the average maximum fees charged for
   37  state university dormitory residence for the purposes of this
   38  section, or the fees charged for Florida College System
   39  institution or Florida College System institution direct-support
   40  organization dormitories or residency opportunities, whichever
   41  is less.
   42         2. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “qualified
   43  nonprofit organization” means a nonprofit organization under s.
   44  501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code which
   45  provides one or more dormitories or residency opportunities to
   46  students enrolled full-time in a state university or Florida
   47  College System institution, primarily supports students that
   48  lack financial resources, and has been approved by the board for
   49  inclusion in the plan.
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   51  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   52  And the title is amended as follows:
   53         Delete lines 3 - 15
   54  and insert:
   55         1009.98, F.S.; authorizing the transfer of fees
   56         associated with dormitory residency to approved
   57         qualified nonprofit organizations under certain
   58         circumstances; prohibiting transferred fees from
   59         exceeding a specified amount; defining the term
   60         “qualified nonprofit organization”; providing an
   61         effective date.